New gaming rig spec.

AGeekWithAHat · 12 Nov 2012 at 16:55

First of all current rig
Cit vantage diablo gaming case
msi 760gm p23-fx mother board
msi muskin 8gb ram
be quiet 540w psu
amd 4100 black edition 4 core 3.60GHz processor
500gb seagate hard drive
geforce gt9800 gtx graphics card
samsung super speed DVD r
kaspersky anti virus
Windows 7 home premium

New rig spec
CM storm stryker case will be changing white fans for some lovely LED fans
ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe - 1155 Socket - Z77 Chipset - ATX
msi muskin 8gb ram
Corsair 850W AX850 Modular PSU
AMD Bulldozer FX-6 6200 6 core Black Edition 3.80GHz processor
1500gb seagate hard drive
Asus GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II 2GB GDDR5 Dual display port Graphics Card
kaspersky antivirus
Windows 7 home premium

Any thing you would change?

Sir SpankalotUK · 12 Nov 2012 at 17:04

If you can stretch to a solid state drive I would recommend it. Put a Samsung 830 in a build for a mate, i3570k, I am now viewing my own machine with disdain

Fire_fly · 12 Nov 2012 at 17:06

CPU won't fit the motherboard. Go for an i5 3570k.

PSU is overkill unless you want to go SLI later on, 500 - 600W is plenty for that build.

David_Vaughton · 12 Nov 2012 at 17:08

Fire_fly said:
CPU won't fit the motherboard. Go for an i5 3570k.

PSU is overkill unless you want to go SLI later on, 500 - 600W is plenty for that build.

Was in the middle of typing the same....

also for sure an SSD best bang for buck performance ive ever had.

humbug · 12 Nov 2012 at 17:18

For an Intel Motherboard you need an Intel CPU

For and AMD CPU you need an AMD Motherboard, if you do want and AMD FX-6### CPU you should go with the FX-6300, its cooler, faster and better than the FX-6100

That PSU is way over the top, you only need 600w and even that will give you room to play with

Fire_fly · 12 Nov 2012 at 17:22

Have come up with an alternative build.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £159.95
1 x CM Storm Stryker Full Tower Gaming Case - White £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £69.95
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £986.82 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Better CPU and GPU and I have added an SSD.

Unless you are attached to that case you could get something cheaper.

Would be best if a mod could move this to GH.

AGeekWithAHat · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:02

humbug said:
For an Intel Motherboard you need an Intel CPU

I suppose you do lol how did i miss that it was an Intel board. Doh

DeanT77 · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:10

Why not MSE instead of kaspersky, MSE is free.

Can even double up with malwarebytes too?

AGeekWithAHat · 12 Nov 2012 at 21:14

DeanT77 said:
Why not MSE instead of kaspersky, MSE is free.

Can even double up with malwarebytes too?

I don't trust any free anti virus iv'e had the lot mse avg Norton etc etc. Kespersky blows all of them out of the water. Iv'e not had a single virus since iv'e bought Kaspersky. I was getting one or two every 3 a month's with all the other free anti viruses.

Orcvader · 12 Nov 2012 at 21:50

You'll be suprise with how good MSE does, it's rated of the the best AVs on OcUK.

Fire fly's build looks very good.

AGeekWithAHat · 13 Nov 2012 at 10:38

Orcvader said:
You'll be suprise with how good MSE does, it's rated of the the best AVs on OcUK.

Fire fly's build looks very good.

Had that on my sister laptop stuck avg on and it found 300 viruses

Orcvader · 13 Nov 2012 at 11:43

Avast then? Personally I use Avast since it's done me good over the last few years.

Your sister must be going on some very strange sites to get that many...

Engram · 13 Nov 2012 at 12:48

AGeekWithAHat said:
I was getting one or two every 3 a month's with all the other free anti viruses.

What on earth are you doing on the internet?

AGeekWithAHat · 13 Nov 2012 at 14:22

Orcvader said:
Avast then? Personally I use Avast since it's done me good over the last few years.

Your sister must be going on some very strange sites to get that many...

Well she goes on a lot of online game websites. Not sure what else

AGeekWithAHat · 13 Nov 2012 at 14:23

Engram said:
What on earth are you doing on the internet?

Browsing web pages buying things online facebook youtube downloading games etc etc.

humbug · 13 Nov 2012 at 14:26

AGeekWithAHat said:
Browsing web pages buying things online facebook youtube downloading games etc etc.

My sisters kids are constantly downloading games, the sort that are free, play through the browser and usually come with a toolbar attached.

No word of a lie, i go there once a month to pull dozens of viruses out of that computer, i tell them every time not to go here / there or install this and that, before i'm done with my cup of tea there reinstalling exactly what i told them not to and had just pulled out of the rig.